‘25 Perfect Days’ by Mark Tullius is a dystopian collection of short stories about a not too distant America.

The stories in this collection are about days that are far from ‘perfect.’ They show a country in decline as climate changes, the country becomes ruled by a megalomaniacal theocracy, and new terrifying weapons are created. There are lotteries for driver licenses, quotas for body mass, and no tolerance for non-compliance. The stories are chronologically placed and linked by character. There is a cast of characters at the back of the book that would have helped me as I read the book.

This book is dark and bleak. There are some glimmers of hope but even those get dimmed and put out. The stories are well written and certainly a cautionary tale. I like dystopian fiction and this was written well.

This is a group of 25 short stories that meld together over about 40 years in out future, and what a scary future we would have if it did happen, I mean let's face it, we really don't know. I do like dystopia and this didn't fail in getting me absolutely hooked with religious cults and government working together to stop the over population, to taking babies away. It was a book that I felt by the end of it that I had lived through.
I would definitely recommend it.